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The 13 Alfred Hitchcock movies you need to watch in your lifetime
Business Insider ^ | August 9, 2017 | Jason Guerrasio

Posted on 08/14/2017 7:08:42 PM PDT by EveningStar

Alfred Hitchcock is more than just the master of suspense.

Throughout his career, the legendary director transformed cinema as we know it today through his unique visual eye, masterful storytelling, and incredible showmanship.

In celebration of his birthday on Sunday, we look back on his most memorable works -- ranging from the crowd-pleasing "Psycho" to a movie regarded as one of the best ever made, "Vertigo."

Here are the 13 Alfred Hitchcock movies you need to watch in your lifetime:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
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To: EveningStar

Witness for the Prosecution.


21 posted on 08/14/2017 7:44:35 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Congressional Bi-partisanship: Agreeing to the make up of the Trump firing squad.)
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To: EveningStar

North by Northwest and Vertigo are my favorites.


22 posted on 08/14/2017 7:46:16 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EveningStar

Witness for the Prosecution.


23 posted on 08/14/2017 7:47:00 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Congressional Bi-partisanship: Agreeing to the make up of the Trump firing squad.)
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To: EveningStar

No “I Confess”?


24 posted on 08/14/2017 7:48:17 PM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: EveningStar

Thanks for posting; when the weather cools off we may have to stage a neighborhood film festival in the back yard.


25 posted on 08/14/2017 7:48:30 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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26 posted on 08/14/2017 7:50:37 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: Varda

Rear Window, NxNW, Rebecca, Foreign Correspondent, The Gazebo


27 posted on 08/14/2017 7:51:06 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Scarpetta
Rebecca is another great. I'd watch it just to look at the beautiful faces of Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier.
28 posted on 08/14/2017 7:54:43 PM PDT by CaptainK (No collusion.No obstruction.He's a leaker.)
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To: Mears

I could not show fear, because there were 2 ladies with me and I was their male protector. I do not recall the door creaking, but the man who opened the door had a slight limp, and it was a 2 story house. And we were 3 of us, and the 2 ladies were good athletes, but believe me, I was scared.

My most frightening experience was after watching Dracula (Christopher Lee as Dracula), and I slept in the only room on 3rd floor of my house, and the windows creaked like crazy during the breezy night. I was 18 years old.


29 posted on 08/14/2017 7:54:58 PM PDT by entropy12 (Why Republicans woo & pursue people who will never vote for them (liberals & media) ?)
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To: Mike Darancette
Witness for the Prosecution is Billy Wilder not Hitchcock.
30 posted on 08/14/2017 7:56:23 PM PDT by CaptainK (No collusion.No obstruction.He's a leaker.)
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To: virgil

I’ve seen “Rebecca” and “Foreign Correspondent” many times. They really hold up to repeated viewing. I’ve never seen “The Gazebo”, will have to check it out.


31 posted on 08/14/2017 7:57:25 PM PDT by Varda
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To: virgil
The Gazebo was directed by George Marshall, not Hitchcock.
32 posted on 08/14/2017 7:58:17 PM PDT by CaptainK (No collusion.No obstruction.He's a leaker.)
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To: Varda
The Gazebo is a terrific movie but it's not a Hitchcock movie.
33 posted on 08/14/2017 7:59:35 PM PDT by CaptainK (No collusion.No obstruction.He's a leaker.)
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To: EveningStar

Not “The Trouble With Harry”?


34 posted on 08/14/2017 7:59:43 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: CaptainK
The Gazebo

I like it.

35 posted on 08/14/2017 8:02:40 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: EveningStar

“Shadow of a doubt” is my and Hitchcock’s favorite. Joseph Cotton was excellent.


36 posted on 08/14/2017 8:03:38 PM PDT by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: Publius

The Trouble With Harry was a classic!!! Filmed in Craftsbury Common, VT where I went to school.


37 posted on 08/14/2017 8:05:28 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ..)
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To: CaptainK

Oh sorry. Why did I think Hitchcock.


38 posted on 08/14/2017 8:05:29 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: entropy12

OMG,he limped.

All of the stereotypes of eerie places were there at that little B&B.

It’s funny you mentioned that Dracula fear at age 18. When one of my sons was about that age “The Birds” was on TV and I recommended it to him——he couldn’t finish it,said it really creeped him out.

This from a kid who loved “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”,”Nightmare on Elm Street”, and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.

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39 posted on 08/14/2017 8:06:06 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Lmo56

Great comic timing on Hitchcock’s part. Each time they dig up Harry and rebury him is funnier than the last.


40 posted on 08/14/2017 8:11:04 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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